Iga Swiatek of Poland, the defending women’s champion, has just begun her second-round encounter against Rebecca Peterson of Sweden, and Rafael Nadal will be on court a bit later against Richard Gasquet.
That’s all we’ve got time for on today’s live coverage, though - thanks very much for reading today, thanks for your emails and tweets, and I will be back for more clay-court excitement tomorrow morning. See you soon!
The Formula One world champion, Lewis Hamilton, has delivered a scathing criticism of the backlash against Naomi Osaka after her withdrawal from the French Open.
Giles Richards has the story:
Interesting words from Federer on the time violation and the subsequent discussion, which got quite heated, with the umpire and with Cilic. Federer is quite open to admitting that he may have been in the wrong, but also seems unsure as to exactly how it unfolded, and said he needed to watch it again to be sure how it all happened. Anyway, in the end, it didn’t seem to have any impact on the result: Federer was too good, and he and Cilic seemed perfectly amicable at the end of the match. As was mentioned in commentary, though, Federer is a consistently fast player, so it was a surprise to see it.
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Roger Federer speaks on Eurosport: “It’s great to be back, no, it was a lot of fun playing in an atmosphere like this ... I was wondering what it would have been like if the arena was full ... but I must say I was able to control my energy throughout the match, and I was happy I was able to find some energy in that third and fourth set, because before that, I was feeling a bit up and down ... overall I’m very pleased with the match.
“For me, every match, every hour I spend on court, is going to give me more information (about my physical condition) ... I’ve trained very hard ... it’s good information, and I’m pleased I made the choice to come here to Paris.”
Regarding the time violation in the second set: “Honestly, I was a bit surprised and shock that it happened - I didn’t even understand why it happened - then I realised Cilic was upset that I was going too slow ... he served at me when I wasn’t in position, I thought he was working on his serve, I just saw the ball coming across the net ... was it Cilic pushing me to play extremely fast, or was I going extremely slow? I’m sorry ... [maybe] it was my bad and I’m sorry.”
“I’m a bit surprised at the level I played,” Federer says (thanks to translation by Cédric Pioline, who is conducting the interview on-court, initially in French. “I served really well in the tie-break in the third set. I’m really pleased with the result.
“It was not easy today, I am still coming back, it’s a process, and I am surprised at the level I played at at times.”
There was speculation before today’s match that it might be the last time we see Federer on court at Roland Garros - many fancied Cilic to win, but it wasn’t clear what kind of level Federer would be at. But Federer has silenced those doubters and he fights on, into the third round, and given the long injury layoff he’s had over the past year, he looked in tremendous shape.
There was controversy in the second set, when Federer was penalised with a time violation by the umpire. He didn’t look happy about that, and neither did Cilic, but it seemed to be forgotten in the end.
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Roger Federer beats Marin Cilic: 6-2, 2-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2!
Too good. Just far too good. Marin Cilic has still only beaten Federer once in his career, across 12 meetings. Federer was remarkably impressive throughout, moving superbly, serving excellently, and generally working his opponent around the court with his unsurpassed ground strokes. The 2009 Roland Garros champion is safely through to the third round.
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Cilic shows impressive resolve to dig out a lovely forehand winner after some fine defence ... but then sends a shot long in the next rally and Federer is through!
Two match points for Federer at 15-40.
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Whoah! Federer finds an outrageous looping forehand cross-court winner and it’s 15-15 in this game that Cilic simply has to win. And now it’s 15-30 ...
Another love hold for Federer and it’s 5-2 after a game which featured one particularly artful and precise drop-shot from the Swiss man. On which note, thanks to Arun Narayanan for the email, regarding that remarkable run in the third set as both players found their serving range:
“From 3-3 in the third set, Cilic and Federer won every single point on serve, except one single solitary double fault in the tiebreaker by Cilic. And that one single double fault cost him the set. Tennis is such a (gloriously) cruel sport!”
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Cilic holds and it’s 4-2 Federer in the fourth set. Can Cilic find something from somewhere?
When Cilic seeks to up the tempo and introduce a bit more power and whip into one of his groundstrokes, Federer seems simply to respond to the challenge by hitting even more powerfully - and accurately - in response. Cilic just doesn’t look to possess the necessary weapons to trouble Federer at the moment.
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And that’s 4-1 Federer, with the service hold being completed by one of those regal, dismissive Federer backhands from the baseline that Cilic can only dump into the net in response. The 39-year-old Federer is all over the Croatian right now and this is looking likely to be over pretty quickly.
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Federer breaks! Cilic double-faults! How important is that going to be? Extremely important, you suspect. Now it’s 3-1 for Federer and 2-1 up in sets. He has been exerting more and more pressure on his opponent and it seems to have cracked Cilic right now.
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Break point for Fed! He is moving so, so fluently and impressively. There was a slice of luck for Cilic with a forehand that flicked off the top off the net, with the danger that Federer may have been wrong-footed, but this endlessly impressive champion still finds a way and puts away a volley for 30-40!
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A simply marvellous little drop-shot return from Federer has Cilic scrambling: The court is open as Cilic manages to get it back, and Federer needs no second invitation to smash a winner through the wide-open space. Federer forces it to 15-30, before Cilic crushes a big forehand winner down the line for parity in this crucial game. 30-30.
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Annnnd that’s another comfortable for the Fed-Express, and he’s 2-1 ahead, and a mere four games from a place in the third round. If only it were that simple ...
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Cilic holds for 1-1. Matt W, a self-confessed Federer fan on Twitter, fears that the younger man Cilic will take control from here on in:
@LukeMcLaughlin
— Matt W (@MattW05574380) June 3, 2021
I support Federer, but I fear that he'll lose. It's 2-1 in sets at time of writing, but I think anything beyond 3 sets is too much for him. His stamina is failing. In his R1 match, his first set was the best, by the time of the third set, he just wasn't as good.
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Some order of play details here for tomorrow, courtesy of Roland Garros Twitter:
Quite a day on Chatrier 🤩
— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 3, 2021
Full Day 6️⃣ OOP 👉 https://t.co/h2XZx3f2wR#RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/2CgEsKI3GB
At the beginning of this fourth set, Cilic grinds his way back to deuce from 40-15 on Federer’s serve. But the Swiss, an eight-times Wimbledon champion, eventually holds serve and creates a 1-0 lead.
An email! This is from Thomas Traill, regarding Naomi Osaka’s withdrawal:
“My two cents on Osaka: prioritising business over health is not only depressingly cynical, when it comes to sports it also approaches a contradiction in terms. If you want to sell world class tennis, give those capable of it the space to thrive, irrespective of their other talents. A one-size-fits-all policy requiring the ability and readiness to engage in public soul-searching after a loss will decimate your pool of players.”
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Federer sends a wide first serve unerringly into the zone, and claims the third set, 7-4 in the tie-breaker!
Can Cilic force a deciding fifth set, or will Federer - the 2009 Roland Garros champion - move into the third round with a 3-1 win against the Croatian?
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Cilic now shows character to wind up two massive first serves and fight back to 4-5 Federer.
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Federer now 5-2 up in the tie-break and fully in control.
Cilic double-faults, and it’s 3-1 Federer in the tie-breaker, but the Croatian then produces another booming first serve for 3-2.
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At the start of the tie-break, Cilic receives a time violation from the umpire for excessive ball-bouncing. He crashes an ace down the middle anyway. But that’s his second time violation of the match: one more, and he’s disqualified.
There’s some top-tier hitting from both players right now. They can both feel that this is the crucial passage of play in the match. It’s 6-5 Cilic, but in double-quick time, Federer holds to love. That makes it six holds to love in a row!
Tie-break time in the third set.
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Cilic moves 5-4 ahead with a hold to love. Federer immediately love-holds back, and it’s 5-5.
Cilic wound up a full-blooded double-handed backhand at one point during that game, which he struck with enormous power and accuracy. Federer wasn’t bothered: he moved into position and calmly patted a precise drop-shot back over the net to take the point. That’s what he can do.
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On Court 6, Alex De Minaur has fought back to take the third set against Marco Cecchinato: it’s 6-4, 6-1, 3-6 there now.
Elise Mertens, meanwhile, moves into the third round by taking the final set against Zarina Diyas: 6-4, 2-6, 4-6.
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A love hold for Federer, and it’s 4-4 in the third. This, you feel, is business time: whoever can grab the initiative in the next few minutes will surely be confident of going on to win. And after another fine rally, Cilic produces a tremendous angled drop-shot to take control early in his service game.
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Novak Djokovic beats Pablo Cuevas! 6-3, 6-2, 6-4!
Djokovic romps into the third round at Roland Garros with a straight-sets victory against Cuevas.
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Cilic holds. The Croatian is 4-3 up in the third, at one set all.
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Cilic breaks back! Wow! The Croatian smacks a brilliant forehand winner on Federer’s second serve and we are locked at 3-3 in the third. Earlier on in that Federer service game, Cilic found an inspired drop shot to leave his opponent floundering at the back of the court. Again, you have to think back to Federer’s inexplicable miss at 0-40 on Cilic’s serve a couple of games ago.
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Cilic holds! That miss by Federer at 0-40 has the makings of being a huge momentum swing. Cilic had really been looking sloppy for a while, but Federer let him off the hook there, and Cilic responded to his chance and produced a couple of top-class winners to eventually fight back and take the game. In the third set, it’s 3-2 Federer, a break up on Cilic.
Cilic opens up the court with a booming forehand but then bizarrely opts for a drop shot with Federer well out of position ... that’s break-point Federer, but Cilic saves it with another lovely, crafted forehand angled into the corner on Federer’s backhand side. A big wide serve follows and it’s advantage Cilic ...
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Federer holds serve for 3-1 and then roars into a 0-40 lead in the next Cilic service game. He has an easy, short ball to finish the game and go 4-1 up and runs it down easily, but then inexplicably sends the forehand long, with Cilic nowhere to be seen! Cilic then forces it back to deuce ...
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If Gasquet is beaten by Nadal tonight, there will be no French players in the third round of the men’s singles at Roland Garros for the first time, says Eric Salliot over on Twitter:
Zéro français au troisième tour de @rolandgarros, ça n’est jamais arrivé. @richardgasquet1 dernière cartouche pour éviter un fiasco historique. #RG21
— Eric Salliot (@ericsalliot) June 3, 2021
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Federer breaks! It’s now 2-1 to the 39-year-old Swiss in this third set. Cilic battled back to 30-40 from 0-40 there, but Federer found a way.
On Suzanne Lenglen, Djokovic is 4-2 up in the third against Cuevas and easing to a straight-sets victory.
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In the women’s singles, Elise Mertens of Belgium (14th seed) is being pushed all the way by Zarina Diyas of Kazakhstan on Court 14. They are deep into a third set: Diyas won the first 6-4, Mertens answered back 6-2, and Merens now leads 4-3, a break up in the decisive set.
Federer holds. 1-1 in the third, and 1-1 in sets, too. Cilic is fighting, and this one could go either way, although the Croatian isn’t looking as solid as he was 20 minutes ago.
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Gauff’s winning moment against Wang:
Coco the Competitor 👊@CocoGauff saves a set point in the second to earn a 6-3, 7-6(1) victory over Wang. She’ll face either Ferro or Brady in her R3 debut at #RolandGarros. pic.twitter.com/koZATeBr8U
— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 3, 2021
Federer clumps another sumptuous backhand winner down the line after a fierce exchange of groundstrokes between the players. But it’s 30-30 on the Swiss’s service game and a bit of work to do.
Cilic sorts himself out and holds serve to make it 1-0 in the third.
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Cilic is feeling his way into this more and more, and starting to work Federer around the court a bit. He nets a shot for a comfortable service hold, though, and then double-faults for deuce. A chance for Federer to break early in the third set.
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Elsewhere in the men’s singles, Cecchinato is now two sets up against De Minaur, which is a turn up for the books: 6-4, 6-1. The 21st seed is staring down the barrel on Court 6.
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Our news report here following Cameron Norrie’s win against Lloyd Harris, which sets up a potential meeting with Rafael Nadal:
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Cilic wins the second set against Federer! It’s one set all: 6-2, 2-6.
Coco Gauff beats Wang Qiang, 6-3, 7-6 (1)!
Gauff takes a crushing 7-1 tie-break victory in the second set to wrap up her win and move into the third round.
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Federer’s conference with the umpire is continuing - the Swiss is genuinely irritated by having received that warning. But will he channel that energy into the match, or let it distract him? The former seems more likely. Cilic holds serve for 5-2.
Federer, looking distinctly peeved, holds serve easily to make it 4-2. He shakes his head as he waits for Cilic to serve and the fans get in on the joke. laughing and cheering. Federer crafts a lovely forehand winner on the first point of Cilic’s service game, walking right around the ball and opening up his body before powering it into the corner, and rewards himself with an emphatic “Come on!”. Cilic gets right back in his face on the next point, though, with a forehand winner of his own down the line.
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Cilic holds, eventually, after that very long discussion, and he leads 4-1 in the second set, following Federer’s 6-2 victory in the first. There is a bit of added spice to this now, after a breeze of a first set for the Swiss.
Gauff is in a tie-breaker to win in straight sets against her Chinese opponent, Wang Qiang.
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It’s deuce on Cilic’s serve, 3-1 to the Croatian, and there is a long debate going on between Federer and the umpire. Federer, in fact, has received a time violation from the umpire for being too slow to be in position for Cilic’s serve. The Croatian was ready to go - but Federer was dabbing his face down with a towel at the side of the court.
After engaging the umpire in conversation in French for a couple of minutes, Federer engages Cilic in English: “Am I playing too slow?” He’s not happy with the warning, anyway, and Cilic isn’t happy either, and he appeared to have a fair complaint about Federer messing about with his towel while his opponent was standing and waiting to serve.
“That the first time I’ve ever seen Federer warned about slow play,” observes the commentator, who had rightly pointed to the fact that Federer is notably quick between points on his own serve and often wins service games in little more than a minute.
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The Federer engine, having been purring in the first set, is now backfiring here and there. He’s battling to hold his serve at 3-0 to Cilic and eventually does so, fighting back from 15-40.
Djokovic takes the second set against Cuevas: he’s 6-3, 6-3 to the good.
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Federer forces it to 30-30 while receiving from Cilic, but the Croatian winds up a couple of big first serves, and he’s created a 3-0 lead in the second set. An admirable response from the the 32-year-old, who has managed to beat Federer just once in their 11 previous meetings.
The umpire has just had words with Cilic about keeping Federer waiting when he’s serving, according to the Eurosport microphone-men, and Cilic was none too happy.
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The lazer-like focus of Novak Djokovic. We’ve seen that face a few times before:
Breathe in, breathe out 🧘♂️#RolandGarros | @DjokerNole pic.twitter.com/h3ewN2gnvA
— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 3, 2021
Djokovic leads by a set and by 5-2 in the second against Cuevas.
Cilic crunches a big cross-court forehand wide, to his opponent’s backhand, which Federer does well to reach - but he pats it just wide, and Cilic has broken! The Croatian leads 2-0 in the second set.
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Cilic, eventually, holds serve for 1-0 in the second.
“Federer is 39 now ... it’s probably a good thing he’s ‘under-tennised’, especially on this surface,” observes the commentator on Eurosport, referring to Federer’s recent injury lay-off. He does look physically very strong and fresh - although he’s now conceded two break points to Cilic ...
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Cilic hammers a massive forehand winner to save a break point, then comes forward to hit a fine volley and fashion his own advantage from deuce ... Federer forces him back again, however, and is making him work extremely hard to hold his serve in the first game of this second set.
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On Court 7, Coco Gauff is a set up (6-2) against Wang Qiang, but trailing 4-2 in the second.
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Here’s that disgustingly good backhand drop shot by Federer from a few minutes ago:
It’s the causal walk back for us 😏#RolandGarros | @rogerfederer pic.twitter.com/v7h4JQtoGG
— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 3, 2021
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Federer holds serve in little more than a minute and takes the first set. Wearing a bright red shirt and black shorts, he looks phenomenally relaxed and in control of his game. If he is going to trouble his opponent, Cilic needs to up his game considerably here.
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Now a work of art of a drop shot from Federer: chopping down on the ball with a backhand and teasing it over the net, where it lands with so much backspin, it virtually bounces back into the net itself. Cilic, however, finds his range with his serving for the rest of that game, and fights back to 5-2 in the first set. Federer will serve now to complete a 6-2 opening success.
Djokovic is 2-0 up early on in the second set against Cuevas.
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Federer misjudges a drop shot on his forehand side, and Cilic moves forward and puts it away, forcing a break point. But Federer responds in typical style, unleashing three big first serves to get out of trouble and create a 5-1 lead in this first set. A classic example of the kind of passage of play that makes Federer so hard to beat.
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A very, very solid start from the Swiss master and he’s 4-1 up in the first. He’s moving really well and winding up his powerful groundstrokes with alarming regularity - from Cilic’s point of view ...
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Federer goes 3-1 up against Cilic with a solid service game. He kicks off Cilic’s next service game with a magnificent, trademark backhand winner down the line.
Djokovic, meanwhile, has won the first against Cuevas, 6-3.
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Cameron Norrie beats Lloyd Harris: 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-2!
The writing was on the wall for Harris a long time ago. Norrie eases into the third round, where he may face the 13-times champions Rafael Nadal.
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Some bloke called Roger Federer is off to a strong start against Marin Cilic. He’s just broken the Croat’s serve and gone 2-1 up in the first set. Norrie, meanwhile, has closed out the win ...
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Norrie forces a break point - and there is another unforced error from Harris - and the South African-born Briton is 4-2 up and fully in command in the fourth set, closing in on a place in the third round. This is over, can we see Djokovic, please?
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Norrie and Harris are now at 2-2 in the fourth, while Djokovic and Cuevas are 3-3 in their first set over on Suzanne Lenglen. On Court 6, meanwhile, Alex de Minaur (21) is two games to love down against Marco Cecchinato in their first set.
And on Court 7, Coco Gauff (24th seed) has fashioned a 3-1 first-set lead against Wang Qiang.
Rematch
— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 3, 2021
Coco Gauff takes on Wang Qiang for a R3 spot just 12 days after beating the Chinese No. 1 in the Parma final.
Who wins?
#RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/PwuYyL6h9R
Over on Court 6, Dominik Koepfer has completed his win against 30th-seed Taylor Fritz: 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4. Aslan Karatsev is out, beaten in four sets by Philipp Kohlschreiber (6-3, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-1). Elsewhere, Lorenzo Musetti saw off Yoshihito Nishioka in straight sets, 7-6, 6-3, 6-2.
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Norrie, the British No 2, closes out victory in the third set. Errors have started to creep into Harris’s game more and more, and Norrie has taken firm control of proceedings.
Djokovic and Cuevas are 1-1 in the first set over on Suzanne Lenglen.
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Norrie’s 4-3 and a break up. I must say, I’m not a huge fan of the view from this static camera on Court 11, which feels quite a long way from the action, and makes it quite hard to track the shape and flight of the ball. #FirstWorldProblems
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At Lord’s, in the glorious London sunshine, Devon Conway has just passed 200 for New Zealand v England, before promptly being run out. Adam Collins has the details here:
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Yes! Cuevas, of Uruguay, and Djokovic, have taken to Court Suzanne Lenglen. Will Eurosport stick with Norrie on their main channel? They are doing so for the moment ... and Norrie has moved 4-2 up in the third.
¡Sale Pablo Cuevas a la cancha para enfrentar a Novak Djokovic en #RGxESPN! pic.twitter.com/BJmnVvvAqY
— ESPN Uruguay (@ESPNUruguay) June 3, 2021
Norrie is 3-2 up now in the third set. Djokovic, I think, is now on court for his second-round match against Cuevas.
From today’s YouTube roundup - how’s this for a point between Serena Williams and Mihaela Buzarnescu yesterday? Great hitting and an equally great spirit of fun between the players:
A point that epitomizes fun 😵@serenawilliams shows up with the shot of the day by @OPPO#RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/hf7nuzGXPW
— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 2, 2021
Here’s the video full roundup:
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Norrie breaks! He leads for the first time in the match, 2-1 in the third and a break up.
Mikael Ymer beats Gael Monfils: 6-0, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3!
The 34-year-old Frenchman, Monfils, is knocked out of the tournament by the 22-year-old Swedish player in four sets. Monfils will presumably reveal what the nature of his injury was. Meanwhile:
Fabrice Santoro: "Congratulations for your win. You just beat one of the favourites in Roland Garros, Gael, I guess you're very happy with this one."
— Tumaini Carayol (@tumcarayol) June 3, 2021
Mikael Ymer: "Yes, very happy."
When the question isn't really a question, that's probably the answer it deserves.
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After a good wide serve by Norrie and a rally of several strokes, Harris dumps a forehand into the net, and that’s game and set. These two are locked at one set each, and although we can’t see the pictures, there is the sound of Harris smacking his racquet on the clay in frustration.
Rafael Nadal - who turns 35 today - is now pictured having a hit of his own ahead of this evening’s meeting with Richard Gasquet. Nadal has won the men’s singles at the French Open 13 times. One-three. Thirteen. Utter madness.
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‘Jeu Norrie’ yet again, he’s stormed to a 5-1 advantage in the second set, and the South African-born Briton is now a mere game away from drawing level at one set all.
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The big breaking news of the day is that the world No 1 Ash Barty is out of the French Open, forced to withdraw with a hip injury while a set down against Magda Linette of Poland:
And now, Norrie speeds into a 4-1 lead in the second set against his South African opponent.
Lest we forget, the legendary Roger Federer is due up next on Philippe-Chatrier, in action against Marin Cilic of Croatia.
Norrie breaks! He is now 3-1 up and in control of this second set out on Court 11.
On Court 6, the 30th seed Taylor Fritz has fought back to make it 2-1 in sets against the German Dominik Koepfer: the score stands at 6-3, 6-2, 3-6 right now as they go into the fourth set.
The Swede Ymer, meanwhile, is 3-1 up in the fourth against Monfils, closing on victory against his apparently injured opponent, and on Court 7 Karatsev has won the third set against Kolschreiber so it’s 6-3, 7-6 (4), 4-6 there now.
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Novak Djokovic isn’t far away: his match against Pablo Cuevas was slated to begin at 1.30pm, but it’s now 2.10pm.
Harris is battling to hold on to this service game and has now saved those three break points for Norrie - and the South African eventually holds on to make it 1-1, moving fluently around the court and finishing the game with a sweet double-handed backhand. An important chance goes begging for Norrie, but at least he’s making his opponent work to hold serve.
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Norrie holds his serve, importantly, at the start of the second set. He then forces three break points in the very next game ...
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The South African Lloyd Harris takes the first set against Cameron Norrie, 6-4. Nine places separate them in the current rankings, by the way: Harris is ranked 54 and Norrie 45.
Federer is now pictured on my telly, having a nice, relaxed hit before his match against Marin Cilic, a man he has faced 11 times before.
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A glance around the courts: Kohlschreiber and Karatsev appear to be cooking up a very hard-fought affair: The German is 2-0 up in sets, having taken the second on a tie-break, and now Karatsev is 3-2 and a break up in the third.
Against Monfils, Ymer has taken the third set 6-4, so the 22-year-old is now 2-1 up overall as they go into a fourth set.
In the women’s singles, on Philippe-Chatrier, Sloane Stephens is in control against her much higher-ranked Czech opponent Karolina Pliskova, having won the first set 7-5 and now leading 3-1 in the second set. (Pliskova is seeded ninth and ranked 10: Stephens is ranked 59).
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Thanks Will. The lunch score was Luke McLaughlin 1, tuna mayo + cucumber sandwich 0. Hope you’re all ready for a top afternoon of clay-court tennis action.
Luke is back. Have a lovely day one and all.
Norrie brings it back to 4-3 by holding his serve. The forearm of Norrie is, needless to say, his greatest weapon. He whacks a shot cross-court which Harris can only wave past him.
Harris holds to make it 4-2. Harris moves quickly up to the net and a nice volley wins him the opening point. Harris finds his range on serve to earn an ace but Norrie soon levels things up at 30:30, before earning a break point but the game goes to deuce. Harris does not let Norrie in, breezing through the final two points.
More like it for Norrie as takes the next game, leaving 3-2 down. Norrie bounces back by bringing Harris to the net, leaving the South African little chance to get it over. A nice easy hold for Norrie.
It’s now 3-1 to Harris. I know it is early but Harris looks in control here. The South African is not flustered by what Norrie has to offer which is mainly forehands from the baseline. Harris holds his serve with complete ease.
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Harris breaks to move 2-1 up. A decent opening rally ends with Harris miscuing one from behind the baseline. Harris can certainly hit a strong ball, as he powers his way to 15:30. Norrie pings one just long to gift a break point ... which is taken with glee.
Harris levels the opening set at 1-1 with minimal fuss. The South African pushes Norrie around the court, leading to a couple of errors on the stretch.
Cameron Norrie takes the first game to love. Norrie serves and starts in confident fashion with some fine forehands on the way to the opening point of the match. Harris hits one long to conclude the first game. Not a bad start for the Brit.
Cameron Norrie is about to take on Lloyd Harris over on Court 11. Will the British interest in the singles continue after today?
Monfils wins the second set 6-2! Monfils serves for the set but gives up the first point by whacking a backhand into the net. He makes up for it with a superb backhand down the line to give Ymer no chance. Monfils seals the set with a fine serve down the middle. That was a very different set to the first one, that’s for sure.
Ymer brings out some power hitting to bring it back to 5-2 in the second set. He completes the game by knocking the ball into open space after Monfils stretches to return a shot.
Monfils makes it 5-1 with a delightful backhand shot that has plenty of spin on it. It is all looking very easy from here on in for Monfils.
How I dream of lunch. In the split second between Luke departing for his foie gras and horseradish and me starting, Monfils moved to 4-1.
I’m off for a spot of lunch, and will now leave you in the capable hands of Will Unwin. Bye for now.
Monfils moves 3-1 up in the second set. His fiancée Elina Svitolina, who won in two sets against Ann Li on this very court earlier today, is watching on with interest from the stands - and looking rather concerned at Monfils’ condition just at the moment. Like Ash Barty earlier on, Monfils is seeing and hitting the ball just fine, but he is not moving nearly as well as he’d like to be.
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So far today in the women’s singles: Pegula (28), Kenin (4), Muchova (18), Svitolina (5), Jabeur (25) and Kostyuk have all advanced into the third round.
In the men’s, Berrettini eased through against Coria in straight sets, with seven other matches currently under way, including Diego Schwartzman’s - the 10th seed has taken the first set 6-4 against the Slovenian Aljaž Bedene.
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Ymer wins the third game of the second, and Monfils leads 2-1. That game included one phenomenal rally, featuring a couple of inspired moments of defence from the young Swede. Eurosport cut to a quick ad break, after which we may know more about Monfils’ physical condition ... and the 34-year-old Frenchman seems to be good to go.
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Here’s our news story on Ash Barty’s withdrawal a few minutes ago. The world No 1 and 2019 Roland Garros champion is out of the French Open, having carried a hip injury into that match with Magda Linette:
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Monfils breaks in the first game of the second set! The Frenchman is finally on the board, and wins that game including the longest rally of the match, a 24-shot affair. However, he seems to stretch somewhat gingerly at the changeover, appearing perhaps to be testing out a calf muscle.
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Monfils is back on court following a check by the medics. It is not clear what’s wrong, but his mobility was clearly hindered in that first set. Ymer took the first set 6-0, now will he encounter stronger resistance from the French hopeful in the second?
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Ymer wins the first set, 6-0. Is Monfils injured? I guess we will find out in the next few minutes, if he has a problem of some sort. He has a problem on the scoreboard, that is for sure.
Monfils is taking a medical time-out, and while he’s waiting, Ymer gets some ice on his legs.
Elsewhere in the men’s singles: Kohlschreiber has taken the first set against Karatsev, 6-3, while Diego Schwartzman (10th seed) is currently 5-3 to the good in the first set against Aljaž Bedene.
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Make that 5-0 to Ymer. Monfils needs to think about regrouping for the second set.
Ymer moves 4-0 up on Monfils in the first set! It looks like Monfils, the 34-year-old, can kiss goodbye to the first set. Ymer is ranked 105 and Monfils is ranked 15, so this would amount to a hell of an upset if the 22-year-old Swede can stay on top of his vastly experienced opponent.
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Matteo Berrettini beats Federico Coria, 6-3, 6-3, 6-2!
An accomplished win for the Italian, seeing off his Argentinian opponent in straight sets. The men’s ninth seed is safely into the third round.
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Now, our friends at Eurosport have switched to coverage of the men’s singles and Mikael Ymer’s second-round clash with Gaël Monfils, who is seeded 14. The Swedish 22-year-old Ymer has Monfils firmly on the back foot right now, 3-0 and a break up in the first set!
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“Over the course of their lives, people who are managing mental illness learn in the most debilitating, exhausting way that engaging with a distressing situation doesn’t snap you out of distress. It locks you into it.”
Here is Van Badham on Naomi Osaka and the Japanese player’s Roland Garros withdrawal following her stated intention not to speak to the media during the tournament:
In case you missed it, here is Tumaini Carayol’s report from yesterday’s action, including Serena Williams’s three-set success against Mihaela Buzarnescu:
Ash Barty retires! Magda Linette is through: 6-1, 2-2!
It’s all over. What a shame for the world No 1 Barty. She was hitting the ball well enough, but clearly her mobility was too much of an issue with the hip injury, and she has decided that enough is enough. Barty took a medical time-out between sets and that appeared to have helped her cause: the 25-year-old was striking her serves more powerfully at the start of the second set. But her Roland Garros campaign is over for another year. Joy for Magda Linette, who performed admirably in the first set to take it 6-1, and there were warm words from Barty at the net after she called time on the match.
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Barty winds up a couple of powerful forehands. The Australian’s power is too much for Linette, on that occasion - and now Barty finds a deep backhand return to force 30-30 on the Pole’s serve. Linette, however, moves 40-30 up and then ends the game with an ace ... but Barty retires!
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Barty is striking her serves powerfully enough, and wins her latest service game to move 2-1 up in the second set. Linette’s level seemed to drop a bit there - the Polish player needs to shake off any lingering effects of the medical time-out for Barty and re-find her first-set form.
Karolina Muchova - seeded 18 - has seen off the challenge of Varvara Lepchenko in straight sets: 6-3, 6-4.
Linette holds her own serve against Barty now, including a couple of aces. There is a noticeable lack of intensity in the match, a lack of rhythm, which is only to be expected given Barty’s physical struggles. The Eurosport commentators observe that Barty is trying to keep the points as short as possible and reduce the stress on that hip injury.
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Barty holds serve comfortably - appearing to move a little more comfortably, too - and now leads 1-0 in the second set. Linette will serve with new balls.
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On Court 7, Philipp Kolschreiber is under way against Aslan Karatsev, the Australian Open finalist.
Barty’s back on court, meanwhile, and the second set against Linette has begun.
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A medical time-out for Barty now. Worrying times for the Australian world No 1. She is being taken off the court. Not looking good.
Last year’s beaten finalist, Sofia Kenin (4), has now beaten Hailey Baptiste: 7-5, 6-3, and she moves into the third round.
Meanwhile the Italian Berrettini, in the men’s singles, is two sets to the good against Coria of Argentina: 6-3, 6-3.
And here’s a Twitter video of Elina Svitolina spinning to victory against Ann Li.
Spin it to win it 🌀@ElinaSvitolina | #RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/NPEgsMkoyc
— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 3, 2021
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Magda Linette wins the first set against Ash Barty, 6-1. Barty is clearly in some discomfort - and did not try to hide the fact, pre-tournament, that she is not 100 per cent fit.
Linette leads Barty 5-1! Barty has been significantly troubled by her hip injury, according to the commentators on the telly, and the Polish player Linette will now serve for the first set. Linette, who comes from Poznan in western Poland, is ranked 45, in case you were wondering.
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The 28th-seed Jessica Pegula has just closed out a 6-3, 6-3 win against Tereza Martinicova and she is into the third round. Ons Jabeur, the 25th seed, has defeated Astra Sharma 6-2, 6-4. Jabeur will be waiting for Barty in the third round if Barty wins her second-round match in which she currently trails 4-1.
Eurosport are now going to join the action on Philippe-Chatrier, where the No 1 seed Ash Barty is currently 3-1 down against her Polish opponent Magda Linette. That means we are going to join the action there, too, in case you were wondering, and of course I’ll try to stay across all the other scores as much as possible.
By the way, you can email me or tweet me with your thoughts on the action if you like: Email here, or tweet @LukeMcLaughlin. C’est bon.
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Elina Svitolina defeats Ann Li, 6-0, 6-4!
Ann Li is ranked 75, and will feel she missed a big chance here against the world No 6: there is no doubt she had Svitolina on the ropes at 4-1 up in the second set. But the fifth-seeded Ukrainian fought back in style and she moves into the third round. Li played some tremendous stuff there, and it was all the more eye-catching after she was blown away in the first set. Positives to take out of that for Li.
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A horrid mishit from Li, and Svitolina suddenly has two break points. She wins the first one thanks to a positive, attacking return, and she’s now 5-4 up and about to serve for the match. It looks like Li’s fightback is over, unless she can find something special in the next game.
Svitolina eventually wins her service game! We are now at 4-4 and the Ukrainian has reminded Li that she is still very much up for this battle. Li wasted a couple of break points there but still has every chance of forcing a deciding set.
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Absolutely stunning stuff from Li, a searing forehand winner down the line, which forces her second break point of the game. She is targeting Svitolina’s second serve consistently. But she hits long on the next point, and we’re back to deuce.
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Svitolina’s power and precision is starting to tell again, and Li has made a couple of bad errors including double-faulting in her previous service game. However, Li grinds out an excellent point to force deuce on Svitolina’s serve in this eighth game of the second set ...
Svitolina breaks! Thanks to a double fault from Li, it’s back to 4-3 in the second. A significant blow for the fifth-seeded Ukrainian but still plenty of work for her to do.
What else? Kenin is 3-0 up on Baptiste in their second set, while the world No 1 Ash Barty has just started her match against Magda Linette on Philippe-Chatrier.
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Li spices up the longest rally of the match with a sliced backhand. Svitolina, clearly feeling the heat from her reinvigorated opponent, subsequently butchers a deep forehand return a few shots later, sending it tamely wide. Both players are seeing the ball nicely now, finding their groove, and the rallies are warming up. Svitolina looks noticeably stressed between points, all the more so having been in such firm control in the first.
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The Svitolina of the first set looked set to reappear and dominate her service game - Li fought back to 40-30 - but then coughed up an easy chance for Svitolina to make it 4-2 in this second set.
In the men’s, Kwon Soon-woo wins his first set against Seppi, 6-4.
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Elsewhere: Kenin (seeded fourth) fights her way to a 7-5 set victory against Baptiste, while Muchova takes the first, 6-3, against Lepchenko.
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Li wins her service game from deuce and goes 4-1 up in the second. It’s hard to overstate how well the American has done to fight back into this match. I said it would be a massive surprise to see anything other than a straight-sets win for Svitolina, and it appears we’re in for a massive surprise.
Li sweetly strikes a couple more impressively deep forehands to create a point-winning chance, with a seemingly easy smash to finish, but she sends it long and it’s 30-30 on her service game. Still, what is so impressive is how Li has taken control of most of these exchanges after being blown away in the first set.
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Elsewhere in the women’s singles: Ons Jabeur of Tunisia (25 seed) takes her first set against Astra Sharma, 6-2, while Jessica Pegula has taken the first set 6-3 against the Czech Tereza Martinicova.
Svitolina, meanwhile, steadies the ship and gets a foothold in the second set, which Li now leads 3-1.
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Wow! A long rally of crushing ground strokes from both players ends with a stunning drop-shot winner by Li, stretching to her right. Svitolina, suddenly, is ashen-faced and battling for every point.
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It’s 3-0 Li! She looks a different player, with the confidence to craft and shape her shots around the court, in stark contrast to the first set, when she was blown away by Svitolina. Lovely stuff.
“So this is going to be 6-0, 0-6, 7-6,” quips the commentator, before remembering that there isn’t a tie-break in the third ...
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Ann Li, suddenly, is firmly in this match. She breaks for 2-0, striking the ball with authority throughout that service game from Svitolina. There was an aggressive, precise backhand return winner and another sumptuous forehand, and this is a really impressive recovery from the 20-year-old American.
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Berrettini, seeded ninth, takes that first set against Coria, 6-3.
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The Italian Berrettini (9) is well on the way to winning the first set against Coria in the men’s singles, forcing a break point at 5-3 up.
Li, meanwhile, is on the board! She holds serve and leads 1-0 in the second set against Svitolina. Well played.
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Svitolina wins the first set against Li, 6-0, closing it out with an immaculate service game. It would be a massive surprise to see anything other than a regulation straight-sets win for Svitolina, the fifth-seeded Ukrainian.
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Li - who is 20, and was born somewhere pleasingly named ‘King of Prussia’ in Pennsylvania - has now established herself in this match to some extent. She just forced a couple of game points on her serve, and impressively saved a couple of break points too, but her opponent eventually wore her down, and has created a 5-0 first-set lead. Very, very strong stuff from Svitolina: one crushing double-handed backhand down the line was particularly eye-catching there. But Li does at least have something to work with now in the second set. Svitolina is now serving for the first set.
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Svitolina 4-0 up against Li: it’s one-way traffic at the moment.
Elsewhere in the women’s singles, Sofia Kenin (4) and Hailey Baptiste are 2-2 in their first set, Karolina Muchova (18) is 2-1 up on Varvara Lepchenko.
Matteo Berrettini (9) leads Federico Coria 3-2 in their men’s singles second-round encounter while Kwon Soon-woo and Andreas Seppi are on serve at 1-1.
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Elina Svitolina (fifth seed) is taking care of business against Ann Li: She has roared into a 3-0 first-set lead, with a double break of serve, in double-quick time. Li tries a subtle drop, but gets it horribly wrong, which sums up how this first set has gone for the American so far.
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Preamble
Might today prove to be Roger Federer’s last stand at Roland Garros? With all due respect to his opponent, Marin Cilic of Croatia, most of us will be hoping not. Federer defeated Uzbekistan’s Denis Istomin in straight sets on Monday, an encouraging return to grand-slam action following a knee injury, while Cilic eased past Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech to set up today’s second-round meeting, which begins at 3pm.
Plenty to keep us all occupied before that, of course: Novak Djokovic will be in action from 1.30pm, against Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay. This morning, Sofia Kenin is about to get her match against Hailey Baptiste under way, while Elina Svitolina has just kicked off against Ann Li on Court Suzanne Lenglen, and Ashleigh Barty faces Magda Linette of Poland from 11am on Philippe-Chatrier. This evening, there is the small matter of Rafael Nadal v Richard Gasquet in the men’s singles. I’ll bring you as much detail on all the action as humanly possible until 6pm or so: Let’s go!
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